Woodland Hills
School District
Suggested Summer
Reading List
Grades K-6
LET’S SET SAIL FOR READING FUN!
Dear Parents/Guardians,
In order to encourage your children to keep reading throughout the summer,
the Woodland Hills School District librarians have compiled a suggested reading
list on the following pages. This list of fiction and non-fiction titles covers a
variety of authors, interests, and reading levels.
You are encouraged to involve your children in reading activities this summer
so they will improve their reading skills and grow to appreciate good literature. In
addition, reading for enjoyment is a good way to kick back, relax, and survive the
hot days of summer.
Please consider taking your children to visit the public libraries within or
near the school district (see last page for locations). You can obtain other reading
suggestions from your local libraries, bookstores, friends, and family members.
Our goal is to keep your children interested in reading.
Remember that students become better readers by increasing the number
of books they read.
Sincerely,
Woodland Hills School District
Librarians
Simple Things To Do To Support Your Children’s Reading
1. Read stories and informational writing to your children. Read with
expression. Enjoy the language and illustrations. Have your children put the
selection in their own words and share their favorite parts.
2. Encourage your children to read. The more they read, the better they read!
Visit the library on a regular basis. Set aside a regular silent reading time
for the family to enjoy books together.
3. Participate in family literacy and learning activities. Enjoy puppet shows,
storytelling programs, plays, concerts, museums, zoos, planetariums, etc.,
together. Participate in the summer reading program at your local
library. Enjoy your time together!
4. Encourage your children to pursue and read about their interests and
hobbies. Help your children identify favorite authors, genres, series, and
topics that they like to read.
5. Take advantage of real-world opportunities to support your children’s
reading, writing, and learning. Shopping, traveling, movie-going, etc., provide
excellent opportunities for your children to read labels, packages, maps, and
other kinds of information.
6. Supply your children with paper, pencils, crayons, and markers so they can
write stories, draw pictures, make books, and do other crafts. Many
children enjoy keeping a journal, writing notebook, or scrapbook during the
summer.
7. Take advantage of Internet resources to help your children develop as
readers, writers, and learners. You may gain access to the Internet through
your public library if you do not currently have Internet access in your home.
You can find some website ideas at the end of this booklet.
Have a wonderful summer together!
KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
Here are some ideas for great reading fun. Please feel free to explore other titles
by these authors.
Alborough, Jez
Duck in the Truck
Arnold, Tedd
Hi! Fly Guy
Bloom, Suzanne
A Special Friend Indeed
Brett, Jan
The Umbrella
Brown, Margaret Wise
Goodnight Moon
Bunting, Eve
Flower Garden
Carle, Eric
10 Little Rubber Ducks
Cazet, Dennis
Never Spit on your Shoes
Christelow, Eileen
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Crews, Donald
Freight Train
Cronin, Doreen
Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type
Curtis, Jamie
It’s Hard to be Five
Eastman, P. D.
Go Dog Go!
Ehlert, Lois
Leaf Man
Falconer, Ian
Olivia
Freeman, Don
Corduroy
Henkes, Kevin
Kitten’s First Full Moon
Hoban, Tana
I Read Signs
Holabird, Katherine
Angelina Ballerina
Kirk, David
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
London, Johnathan
Froggy’s Sleepover
Martin, Bill
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
McPhail, David
Those Can-do Pigs
Munsch, Robert
Mmmm, Cookies!
Numeroff, Laura
If You Give A Pig A Party
Opie, Iona
Very First Mother Goose
Parrish, Peggy
Amelia Bedelia
Penn, Audrey
The Kissing Hand
Rey, H. A.
Curious George
Rylant, Cynthia
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
Scarry, Richard
Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy World
Sendak, Maurice
Where the Wild Things Are
Seuss, Dr.
Dr. Seuss’ ABCs
Shannon, David
Duck on a Bike
Small, David
Imogene’s Antlers
Taback, Simms
Joseph Had An Overcoat
Van Allsburg, Chris
Two Bad Ants
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Amanda Pig And The Really Hot Day
Viorst, Judith
Alexander Who Was Rich Last Sunday
Wells, Rosemary
Bunny Money
Willems, Mo
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late
SECOND/THIRD GRADE SUGGESTED SUMMER READING LIST
Here are some ideas for great reading fun. Please feel free to explore other titles
by these authors.
Allard , Harry
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Arnosky, Jim
Grandfather Buffalo
Blume, Judy
The One In The Middle Is a Green Kangaroo
Brown, Marc
Arthur Babysits
Cameron, Ann
Julian’s Glorious Summer
Cannon, Janell
Pinduli
Cole, Joanne
The Magic School Bus Going Batty
Danziger, Paula
Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon
DePaola, Tomie
Strega Nona
DiTerlizzi, Tony
The Spiderwick Chronicles (series)
Gantos, Jack
Back to School for Rotten Ralph
Gibbons, Gail
Mummies, Pyramids and Pharaohs
Hoberman, Mary Ann
You Read To Me, I’ll Read To You (fairy tales)
Hoffman, Mary
Amazing Grace
Hurwitz, Joanna
Ali Baba Bernstein
Jordan, Deloris
Salt in His Shoes
Kellogg, Steven
Prehistoric Pinkerton
Kennedy, Caroline
A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poems For Children
Kline, Suzy
Horrible Harry Moves Up to Third Grade
Nimmo, Jenny
Midnight for Charlie Bone (series)
Osborne, Mary
Magic Tree House (series)
Park, Barbara
Junie B. Jones (series)
Pilkey, Dav
Dogzilla
Polacco, Patricia
Thundercake
Porter, Connie
Meet Addy (American Girl series)
Preller, James
Jigsaw Jones (series)
Prelutsky, Jack
A Pizza the Size of the Sun
Rathman, Peggy
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Sachar, Louis
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
SansSouci, Robert
The Talking Eggs
Scieszka, Jon
Time Warp Trio (series)
Shannon, David
A Bad Case of Stripes
Sharmat, Marjorie
Nate the Great
Silverstein, Shel
Where the Sidewalk Ends
St. George, Judith
So You Want to be President
Teague, Mark
Lost and Found
VanDraanen, Wendelin
Shredderman (series)
Warner, Gertrude
The Boxcar Children
Weisner, David
Flotsam
Wood, Don
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub
INTERMEDIATE SUMMER READING LIST
Check out your local library this summer for some great summer reading fun. Here
is a list of suggested titles you may enjoy. Don’t forget to explore other titles by
these authors.
Fiction
Avi
The Barn
Never Mind
Balliett, Blue
Chasing Vermeer
The Wright 3
Brink, Carol Ryrie
Caddie Woodlawn
Barnett, Frances Hodgson
The Secret Garden
Blume, Judy
Fudge-a-mania
Superfudge
Byars, Betsy
The Summer of the Swans
Christopher, Matt
Catcher with a Glass Arm
Cleary, Beverly
Beezus and Ramona (series)
Clements, Andrew
A Week in the Woods
Creech, Sharon
Chasing Redbird
Colfer, Eoin
Artemis Fowl (series)
The Wanderer
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Bud Not Buddy
Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money
Cushman, Karen
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
DiCamillo, Kate
Mercy Watson (series)
The Tale of Despereaux
DuPrau, Jeanne
The City of Ember
The People of Sparks
The Prophet of Yonwood
Fitzhugh, Louise
Harriet the Spy
Flake, Sharon
Money Hungry
Funke, Cornelia
Inkheart
Inkspell
Dragon Rider
George, Jean Craighead
My Side of the Mountain
Julie of the Wolves
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Lily’s Crossing
Gipson, Fred
Old Yeller
Henry, Marguerite
King of the Wind
Misty of Chincoteague
Hoffman, Mary
Encore, Grace
Howe, James
Bunnicula
Kehret, Peg
Earthquake Terror
Lewis, C.S.
The Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Lindgren, Astrid
Pippi Longstocking
Lofting, Hugh
Doctor Doolittle
Lord, Bette Bao
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Lowry, Lois
Gossamer
Matthews, L.S.
Fish
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Shiloh
Nixon, Joan Lowery
A Candidate for Murder
Land of Hope
Land of Dreams
O’Dell, Scott
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Olson, Arielle
Ask the Bones: Scary Stories Around the World
Paolini, Christopher
Eragon
Eldest
Park, Barbara
Junie B. Jones (series)
Paterson, Katherine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Bridge to Terabithia
Patron, Susan
The Higher Power of Lucky
Paulsen, Gary
Dogsong
Perkins, Lynne Rae
Criss Cross
Polacco, Patricia
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
Reid Banks, Lynne
The Indian in the Cupboard (series)
Robinson, Barbara
The Best School Year Ever
Rockwell, Thomas
How to Eat Fried Worms
Rowling, J. K.
Harry Potter (series)
Smith, Roland
Sasquatch
Snyder, Zilpha Keatly
The Ghosts of Rathburn Park
Sobol, Donald
Encyclopedia Brown (series)
Speare, Elizabeth George
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Taylor, Mildred
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Taylor, Theodore
The Cay
Turner, Megan Whelan
The Thief
Walter, Mildred Pitts
Suitcase
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little House in the Big Woods (series)
White, Ruth
Memories of Summer
Nonfiction
Adler,David
Jackie Robinson: He Was the First
Ardley, Neil
Music (Eyewitness Books)
Ballard, Robert
Exploring the Titanic
Bartoletti, Susan
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow
Better Homes and Gardens
Step-by-Step Kids’ Cook Book
Brandenburg, J.
Sand and Fog: Adventures in Southern Africa
Burnie, David
Seashore (Eyewitness Books)
Cobb, Vicki
Science Experiments You Can Eat
Wanna Bet? Science Challenges Bound to Fool You
Coerr, Eleanor
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Coulter, Laurie
Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Hieroglyphs
Dakos,Kali
Don’t Read this Book Whatever You Do!
Drake, Jane
The Kids Summer Games Book
Ferris, Jeri
Native American Doctor
Freedman, Russell
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Children of the Great Depression
Florian, Douglas
Laugh-eteria: Poems and Drawings
Frost, Robert
You Come Too: Favorite Poems for Young Readers
Hamilton, Virginia
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
Harding, R.R.
Crystal and Gem
Hendry, Linda
Cat Crafts
Dog Crafts
Herbert, Janis
Leonardo da Vinci for Kids: His Life and Ideas:
21 Activities
Jeffers, Susan
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief
Seattle
Jones, Charlotte
Mistakes That Worked
Johnson, Jinny
Simon & Schuster’s Children’s Guide to Insects and
Spiders
Lagasse, Emeril
There’s A Chef in My Family
There’s a Chef in My World
Lessem, Don
The Deadliest Dinosaurs
Lewis, Amanda
The Jumbo Book of Paper Crafts
Macauley, David
Ship
Pyramid
Matthews, Rupert
Dinosaurs A-Z
Meltzer, Milton
Hold Your Horses: a Feedbag of Fact and Fable
Menzel, Peter
Man Eating Bugs:Art and Science of Eating Insects
Milton, Joyce
Secrets of the Mummies
Murphy, Jim
The Boys War
Myers, Walter Dean
Brown Angels: an Album of Pictures and Verse
Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom
Fighters
Prelutsky, Jack
Pizza the Size of the Sun
The New Kid on the Block
The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal
Kingdom
Reiss, Johanna
The Upstairs Room
Schomp, Virginia
Tyrannosaurus and Other Giant Meat-Eaters
Shannon, George
Stories to Solve
Shura,Mary Francis
Gentle Annie
Silverstein, Shel
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Simon, Seymour
Animals Nobody Loves
Sloan, Christopher
Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies,
Skeletons & Rituals
Solheim, James
It’s Disgusting and We Ate It: True Food Facts
Around the World and Throughout History
Spinelli, Jerry
Knots in My Yo-Yo String: Autobiography of a Kid
Szwast, Ursula
Cheerleading (series)
Viorst, Judith
If I Were in Charge of the World and Other
Worries
Wick, Walter
A Drop of Water; Walter Wick’s Optical Tricks
PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS
Here is a list of the public libraries that are in or near the Woodland Hills
communities:
Braddock Carnegie Library
419 Library Street
Braddock
412.351.5356 or 412.351.5357
www.einetwork.net/ein/braddock
C.C. Mellor Memorial Library
One Pennwood Avenue
Edgewood
412.731.0909
Forest Hills Branch
444 Avenue D
412.824.3567
www.einetwork.net/ein/ccmellor
Prospect Terrace
Knowledge Connection Center
99 Prospect Terrace
East Pittburgh
412.824.5891
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
4400 Forbes Avenue
Oakland
412.622.3116
www.clpgh.org
Swissvale Public Library
11800 Monongahela Avenue
412.731.2300
www.einetwork.net/ein/swissval
Monroeville Public Library
4000 Gateway Campus Blvd.
412.372.0500
www.monroevillelibrary.org
Westinghouse Valley
Human Services Center
519 Penn Avenue
Turtle Creek
412.829.7112
Wilkinsburg Library
605 Ross Street
Wilkinsburg
412.244.2944
Eastridge Location
1900 Graham Blvd Rear
412.342.0056
www.einetwork.net/ein/wlksbrg
SUGGESTED WEBSITES FOR FUN AND INFORMATION
Listed below, are some recommended websites. Some of these are particularly
helpful to parents, others are reference sources, and many are just for fun!
KidBibs
http://kidbibs.com/home.htm
American Library Association ParentsPage
http://ala.org/parentspage
Dictionary
www.wordcentral.com
Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Ask Jeeves for Schools
http://www.ajschools.com/
Kid’s Click
http://www.kidsclick.org/
NYPL Kids - New York Public Library for Kids
http://kids.nypl.org/index.cfm
NASA Kids
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
FEMA for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
CRYPTO KIDS Code making and Code breaking
http://www.nsa.gov/kids/home.cfm
Energy Conservation
http://www.energyhog.org/childrens.htm
Link to all U.S. Government Sites for Kids
http://www.kids.gov/
Funbrain
http://www.funbrain.com
Books I Have Read This Summer
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This booklet was prepared for your summer reading
enjoyment by the primary and intermediate librarians of
the Woodland Hills School District.
Mrs. Bliss
Mr. Klingensmith
Mrs. Pletcher
Mrs. Milarski
Mrs. Thunell
Mrs. Trimble